conversation = manner of life. Greek. anastrophe. Occurs thirteen times, always translated conversation.
in time past. Literally at one time. Greek. pote.
in. Greek. en. App-1.
the Jews' religion, Greek. Ioudaismos. Only here and Gal_1:14. Compare Gal_2:14. As the worship of the Father (Jehovah) at the time of Christ had degenerated into "the Jews' religion", so now the worship of Christ has become the religion "of Christendom.
beyond measure according to (Greek. kata) excess (Greek. hyperbole). See Rom_7:13.
persecuted = was persecuting.
wasted = was wasting. Greek. portheo. See Act_9:21.